This is a large and beautifully detailed Dutch map of the world with routes around the world of Sir Francis Drake between 1577 and 1580 and Thomas Cavendish between 1586 and 1588. Includes text, 2 ancillary maps showing landing at California and Java, 2 ancillary views showing Drake's welcome at Moluccas and Drake's ship cast up on the rocks near the Celebes, and illustrations, 1595.

This map shows two different projections. (This is a copy of Corneille Wytfliet’s map of 1597, which appeared in his Descriptionis Ptolemaicae augmentum, but adds a key to the lower map.) The top map, in a flat projection, shows the Strait of Magellan dividing Patagonia from Terra Australis, or the unknown southern land. (See the Terra Australis box in the Pacific Ocean section.) Victoria, Ferdinand Magellan’s ship, is sailing toward it.
The bottom map shows Terra Australis, on a polar projection, with four peninsulas: one facing Patagonia (the subject of the upper map), one opposite Africa’s southern point, one below Java, and one confronting New Guinea. These peninsulas, and the mountains and rivers portrayed on the continent, are mere conjecture. The seven-point key on the left offers possible sources. The Solomon Islands, first discovered in 1568 by the Spanish explorer Alvaro de Mendaña de Neira (1542?–95) and then lost for two hundred years, figure prominently in this map’s ocean and are correctly located next to New Guinea.

This is a beautifully detailed early map of Cumberland (now, Cumbria) in Northwestern England. Includes inset map of Carlisle, 1610.
From Map: Cumberland and the ancient citie Carlile described with many memorable antiquities therein found observed / performed by Iohn Speed

This is a beautifully detailed map of Ireland, "Irlandiæ regnum." The map is attributed to Gerhard Mercator (1512-1594), but is believed to have been originally published 20 to 30 years after his death (date unk., but early 1600's).

This is a very decorative map of the Magellan Strait, from the golden age of Dutch cartography, the seventeenth century, by Willem Janszoon Blaeu. Map continues the idea that Cape Horn is the promontory of a cape. Map is notable for its scale, which illustrates how, with Mercator’s projection, distances increase toward the poles. Several Fuegians, naked or scantily dressed, stand next to it, reflecting what explorers had reported with both shock and surprise—that the natives of the territory appear comfortable in frigid weather with nothing on. To his credit, Blaeu has deleted any reference to Patagonian giants, while other maps from the period still claimed they existed.
From map: “Freti Magellanici ac novi freti vulgo Le Maire exactissima delineatio.” Amsterdam, 1635.

This is a very decorative map of the Magellan Strait, from the golden age of Dutch cartography, the seventeenth century, by Jodocus Hondius. Map correctly presents Cape Horn as an island, following the 1624 confirmation by fellow countryman, Admiral Jacques L’Hermite (1582–1624). Moreover, Hondius shows how the northwestern peninsula of Tierra del Fuego breaks up into islands; here, also, the slanting of the territory begins to mirror the true shape of the land. Map contains note about the existence of Patagonian Giants, 1635.
From map: “Freti Magellanici ac novi freti vulgo Le Maire exactissima delineatio.” Amsterdam, 1635.

This is a beautifull map of the Gulf Coast from Florida to Mexico. Covers the Gulf Coast extending from St. Luis de Tampico to Arecifo showing coastal features, rivers, and streams. Attributed to Joan Vinckeboons by comparison with his other Dutch maps, 1639.

This is a large Dutch map showing the, "complete island of Cuba." Relief shown pictorially. Depths shown by soundings. Shows coastal features, settlements on Cuba, and islands. Attributed to Joan Vinckeboons by comparison with his other Dutch maps, 1639?

This is a large and extraordinarily detailed Dutch map of New York. Map covers the New York City region and shows buildings with corresponding index of householder's names. Depths shown by soundings, 1639

This is a beautiful early Dutch map of Delaware Bay, 1639. Shows the region of the Delaware Bay and river, natural features, and other geographical entities. Attributed to Joan Vinckeboons by comparison with his other Dutch maps. Described in Terrae incognitae, v. xvi, 1984. Richard W. Stephenson's The Henry Harrisse collection ... , p. 40; the third volume has binder's title "Manuscript maps of New-Netherland and Manhattan drawn on the spot by Joan Vingboons in 1639."

This is a beautiful Dutch map of the islands of Hispaniola (Dominican Republic & Haiti) and Puerto Rico. The map shows coastal features, administrative districts, and settlements on the islands of Hispaniola and Puerto Rico, 1639.